COOPERSTOWN, N.D. (KVRR: Update 10/17/21 8PM) — A 50-year-old woman who was killed after getting hit by a dump truck that was backing up in Cooperstown is identified as Melissa McMahon of Odessa, Minnesota. 63-year-old Robert Halvorson of Summit, South Dakota was behind the wheel when he hit the construction worker Friday afternoon. The crash remains under investigation. **ORIGINAL STORY…
Jamal SmithMINNEAPOLIS – A Chicago man accused of fatally shooting another man in the head on a Minnesota highway after an apparent road-rage incident has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge. Thirty-three-year-old Jamal Smith had already been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the July death of 56-year-old Jay Boughton. In Minnesota, the count of premeditated first-degree murder…
ROBBINSDALE, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz says he’ll use the Minnesota National Guard to help alleviate staffing shortages at hospitals and care facilities that are struggling with the surge in COVID-19 cases. The governor announced plans Friday at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale for alleviating bottlenecks caused by staffing shortages that prevent hospitals from moving recovering patients to transitional…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says the cause of a collision involving an Ada-Borup-West school bus and a pickup north of Moorhead will likely be released next week. The Thursday morning crash near Georgetown injured five people, including four students and the driver of the pickup. One student was airlifted to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo,…
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A man wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in Moorhead last month has been arrested in St. Cloud. Twenty-nine-year-old Ibrahim Isaac is facing an aiding and abetting charge in the September 10 shooting death of Abdi Abdi near an apartment complex on 18th St. South. Twenty-six-year-old Idris Haji-Mohamed of Rochester was arrested and charged earlier. …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Six people were shot and injured in Minneapolis in three separate incidents that occurred within 45 minutes of each other. The shootings happened Thursday night. The first happened at 9:06 p.m. on the 1800 block of Lowry Avenue. Police arrived to find a man on the ground who appeared to be shot. The second shooting happened at…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Fargo say the case of a domestic sitution that led to a neighborhood being told to shelter in place has been sent to the State’s Attorney’s office for review. They are not providing any other information on the case at this time. There had been a report of a gun being fired during the…
MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) — Minnesota and North Dakota are two of the best states in the country to have a baby, according to a recent study by WalletHub. Beth Neis had twins on October 4th at Essentia Health in Fargo. She’s one of many moms in the area who’ve recently given birth, according to those at Sanford Health….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The City of Fargo hosted a summit with the Liberian Business Community. Small business owners expressing their needs to the local authorities from Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead. Fargo’s Director of Diversity Dr. Terry Hogan says the summit offers the Liberian Community information and resources. There was also a Q and A session to find out…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — A Ponsford man is sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for a violent assault on the White Earth Indian Reservation last June. A federal jury earlier convicted 22-year-old Wesley Warren on two of four counts including assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Court records reveal Warren and…
